Fantasy Tactics

Defenders Defenders in a draft style league are a weird conundrum. You must have them, but they do not always produce as much. Sometimes a defender is worth taking early because their floor is higher enough to justify beating out a midfielder, but normally these are the players you fill in at the end with whoever is available. Waiting will …

Goalkeepers Goalkeepers are the position you have to draft, you really need two of them, but you don’t want invest anything. Even the best available goalkeepers aren’t enough better than the crowd to justify taking early. A select few names always rise to the top to be taken earliest, but this is a position to draft when you see everyone …

Welcome back! Fantasy MLS captain rankings for round 11 are here after pretty standard gameweek with no surprises or big upsets. Round 11 brings another exciting gameweek with some strong attacking candidates for captaincy. Here are our rankings:     1) Alejandro Pozuelo (Vs Red Bull New York, Vs Atlanta United) His consistency and form makes him an easy recommendation …

Welcome back! Fantasy MLS captain rankings for round 5 are here after a quickfire game week. The second DGW of the season has come around and it’s time to use all the knowledge and tips you might’ve come up with to make most of the new DGW rule. Here are my captaincy rankings for the week:   1) Alejandro Pozuelo …

Welcome back! Fantasy MLS captains rankings for round 4 are here after a surprising end to round 3 with 5 of the final matches being postponed. As the games resume again we look at the top 5 captaincy picks for the week   1) Alejandro Pozuelo (@Montreal Impact) Pozuelo has been enjoying great form with an assist in each of …

Welcome back! Fantasy MLS captains rankings for round 3 are here after a long break from regular season football which also included an “MLS is back” tournament aka “Covid Cup”. So which players proved their worth in a tournament that did not have any meaning? Who deserves your captain’s armband for this week? Let’s find out over here   1) …

Week 29 Recap It was a pretty good week for the BTN team, but the gains were modest at best. The BTN team put up 126 points and raised up to 319 overall. Looks like I’ll be setting my goal to maybe hit top 250 by the end of the season. The last big DGW should keep it interesting. Time …

Round 29’s Captain rankings are here. Only 3 weeks are left for the end of the fantasy season. Will you go safe with a popular captain pick to maintain your rank or will you go differential to try and increase your rank? 1) Josef Martinez Martinez has scored in 14 consecutive games in a row in a run that started …

Week 28 Recap Week 28 continued our late-season run of mediocrity as we dropped in the ranks again. I can’t remember the last time I was stuck in the OR 300s. I’ve just never really got traction this fall season. WR 1903 isn’t good enough and looking at my lineup, I probably plated it to safe. As we go into …

Round 28’s captain rankings are here. A massive double game week towards the end of the season gives you an opportunity to make a final push with a wide variety of differentials to choose from. Which 5 players stand out as the top candidates for captaincy this week? 1) Zlatan Ibrahimović An obvious captain choice this week, Zlatan is going …